Hobbs man sentenced 7 years for meth distribution

A Hobbs man who intended to sell about 30 grams of pure methamphetamine in Lea County was sentenced to 7 years in federal prison Tuesday morning.

Antonio Costa, 31, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and being a felon in possession of a firearm in federal court in Las Cruces, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. His sentence will be followed by three years of supervised probation.

Acosta, who was arrested in June 2014, said he was intending to sell meth in Hobbs on two different occasions in April 2014.

The case was investigated by the Lea County Drug Taskforce, Roswell FBI office, Hobbs Police Department and the Las Cruces office of the Drug Enforcement Agency and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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